New to this so go easy on me

I use wget to grab a file from the net and output it to foo.txt

i then use sed to strip out html tags and then another to remove tabs from the file so I end up with something like this:

06:05

CIENCIA FICCIÓN

Ladrones de identidad: La parte más noble del valor

06:50

CIENCIA FICCIÓN

Expediente X: Nuestra ciudad

As you see there are unwanted blank lines in the file (foo.txt)

Using sed and awk i've tried in vain to remove these but it just won't do it.

Strange thing - if i open foo.txt in a text editor and make a small change then save it THEN run sed to remove the blank lines, it does it perfectly!!

Any help is appreciated.

Larry

You might want to look at the file in the hexedit program. The last part of your message seems to indicate the the files you are working with use both RET and NL characters to end a line. The text editor changes that either when loading in the file or when saving it.

Thanks for the reply.

I've just installed tofrods and that sorts the problem!!

HUZZAH!!